[gentoo-user] after moving /usr/portage -> /var/portage, user can't --pretend

[gentoo-user] after moving /usr/portage -> /var/portage, user can't --pretend

[Maxim Wexler]

HI group,

I moved /usr/portage to /var/portage and readjusted PORTDIR in
make.conf and re & re'd the link to /etc/make.profile.

Now emege -p pkg for user leads to

Permission denied: '/var/portage/profiles/categories'

It's OK for root.

NB:user is in portage group, /var/portage/profiles/categories is owned
by portage:portage.  I googled the error message(I can't be the first
to move portage to var)and got nothing. Something else to check?

Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] after moving /usr/portage -> /var/portage, user can't --pretend

[Daniel Troeder]

On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 11:30 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote:
> HI group,
> 
> I moved /usr/portage to /var/portage and readjusted PORTDIR in
> make.conf and re & re'd the link to /etc/make.profile.
> 
> Now emege -p pkg for user leads to
> 
> Permission denied: '/var/portage/profiles/categories'
> 
> It's OK for root.
> 
> NB:user is in portage group, /var/portage/profiles/categories is owned
> by portage:portage.  I googled the error message(I can't be the first
> to move portage to var)and got nothing. Something else to check?
> 
> Maxim
Maybe it's one of the higher-up directories, that the user cannot read?
Check /var /var/portage /var/portage/profiles.
Easiest thing to do, would be to run as the user (not root):
$ find /var/portage > /dev/null
Only error messages should be displayed :)

Bye,
Daniel